15 Color Terms

15 Color Terms 15 Color Terms 15 Color Terms By Mark Nichol Words describing the qualities of color can confuse because they sometimes but not always overlap or are even interchangeable. Here’s a roster of color terms with definitions. 1. Cast: a change in appearance or color by adding one color over another; also, multiple senses of assigning, depositing, directing, shaping, spreading, turning, or twisting 2. Chroma: a combination of hue and saturation (see definitions below), or synonymous with saturation 3. Chromaticity: the quality of color based on wavelength and purity 4. Coloration: the condition of coloring, as in skin tone, an arrangement of colors, or the choice or use of colors 5. Colorway: a color or arrangement of colors 6. Contrast: the degree of difference in colors or light and dark, or their juxtaposition 7. Hue: color, gradation of color, or the characteristic that distinguishes one color from another 8. Pigmentation: coloration caused by the presence of a pigment, a substance that produces a color (or black and white) in a material 9. Saturation: purity of color; also, the state of being thoroughly wet, or heavy infiltration 10. Shade: a color produced by a mixture that includes black dye or pigment, or a color somewhat distinct from another, or, as a verb, to produce such a color; also, various meanings associated with the blocking or minimizing of light 11. Tincture: synonymous with color; also, a trace in a mixture 12. Tinge: color spread or stained over another color, or, as a verb, to spread or stain one color over another; also, a figurative sense of a light touch or effect, or, as a verb, to touch or effect lightly 13. Tint: a pale or slight coloration, or lighter or darker variations of a color, or, as a verb, to produce such an effect; also, a slight difference, or hair dye 14. Tone: a quality of color, or a shade, tint, or value (see definitions) 15. Value: the lightness or darkness of a color, or the difference in lightness and darkness Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Vocabulary category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:Comma After i.e. and e.g.The Difference Between "will" and "shall"The Uses of â€Å"The†